Lewis & Short

rĕsŏlūtĭo, ōnis, f. [resolvo], an untying, unbinding, loosening (not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit., a slackening, relaxing; a laxness, looseness, weakness: lori, Gell. 17, 9, 12: ventris, stomachi, nervorum, oculorum, Cels. 2, 6; 4, 5; 2, 1; 3, 27, 1; 6, 6, 36.
  2. II. Trop.
      1. 1. A making void, a cancelling: venditionis, Dig. 41, 2, 13.
      2. 2. A solution: sophismatis, an explanation, Gell. 18, 2, 10 (dub.).
      3. 3. A release, escape (late Lat.), Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 6.